Author: Stephanie Gauthier

During his first week in office, Donald Trump announced the declassification of documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

President Trump ordered the declassification of all records concerning the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., issuing the release of the documents after some were left redacted following his first presidential term.

— Forbes (@forbes.com) 2025-01-24T15:20:41.808Z

Trump stated that this long-awaited initiative was in the interest of the American people as well as the families of the deceased.

The assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. are surrounded by numerous rumors and conspiracy theories.

Although Lee Harvey Oswald was officially identified as the perpetrator, some theories suggest that the CIA, the mafia, the military-industrial complex, or even foreign governments, such as Cuba or the Soviet Union, might be involved in the assassination that occurred on November 22, 1963, in Dallas.

Others suggest it could be an internal conspiracy linked to political tensions or disagreements regarding the Cold War.

Robert F. Kennedy was officially assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. Although Sirhan, a Palestinian opposed to Kennedy’s support for Israel, was charged, some theories suggest he may have been mentally manipulated.

Others mention the presence of a second shooter or a conspiracy aimed at preventing Kennedy from pursuing the reforms initiated by his brother.

James Earl Ray was convicted for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., which took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. However, theories point to the U.S. government, especially the FBI, due to racial tensions and King’s criticisms of the Vietnam War.

Some of his relatives, including his family, question the official version and call for the truth to be revealed.

These rumors reflect a distrust of institutions and sociopolitical concerns of the time, which remain relevant even 60 years after these tragic events.

The reactions of the families of the victims to the declassification of the documents concerning the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. over the years vary, but they generally express a yearning for truth and justice.

Over the years, some members of the Kennedy family have expressed lingering doubts about the official conclusions of the investigations. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., known for his support of various conspiracy theories, has notably publicly stated that broader conspiracies could be involved in the assassination of his father, Robert F. Kennedy, calling for more transparency to shed light on these events.

The family of Martin Luther King Jr., particularly his son Dexter King, has frequently expressed doubts about the official version of events. They have called for a thorough investigation, suggesting that James Earl Ray did not act alone, and even that he might be innocent, insisting on the need to reveal the whole truth.

The complete release of these documents could take up to 60 days, with several thousand files intended to be made available to the public.

The declassification of these documents, which are essential in American history, could finally provide some of the answers long awaited by these families.

True to his campaign promise, Donald Trump ordered the release of all participants in the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.

JUST IN: Trump says he is pardoning nearly all of the people charged or convicted with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, fulfilling one of his campaign promises.

— Bloomberg (@bloomberg.com) 2025-01-21T01:13:56.499Z

He granted clemency to those who had not committed violent acts and commuted the sentences of those convicted of serious crimes, including violence, such as brutally attacking Capitol police officers, as well as conspiracy to overthrow the government.

This latter category notably includes members of the far-right organizations Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

This represents a huge advantage for these criminals, some of whom, sentenced to more than 20 years, will now find themselves completely free.

Trump’s decision erases the legal consequences for the majority of the 1,590 individuals charged in connection with the riot. However, 14 individuals, including members of the far-right organizations Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, had their sentences reduced without receiving a pardon. Their actions remain recorded on their criminal record, even though they have been released from federal prisons.

Among those released is Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, who was freed on January 21 after spending the last three years at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland.

It should be noted that among the 1,590 accused, 284 individuals were charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees, including 99 for using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious injury to an officer. Additionally, 11 individuals were arrested on charges related to assaulting media members or destroying their equipment.

Approximately 860 individuals were charged with entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds, including 91 for entering with a dangerous or deadly weapon. Furthermore, 59 individuals were charged with destruction of public property and 36 for theft of government property.

Moreover, more than 295 individuals have been charged with corrupting, obstructing, or influencing an official proceeding, or attempting to do so. Around 50 individuals have also faced charges of conspiracy, including obstruction of a congressional proceeding, impeding law enforcement during a civil disorder, conspiracy to injure an officer, or sedition conspiracy, or a combination of these offenses.

In total, over 600 individuals have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement during the riot, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Many concerns remain about the impact of these pardons, with some fearing that they may encourage these individuals to repeat such actions in honor of Trump if a similar opportunity arises in the future.

Following the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, five people lost their lives, including Officer Brian Sicknick, who died of two strokes just hours after being injured while trying to protect the Capitol.

His family strongly criticized Trump’s decision, stating:

“Our family has been asked to comment on the pardoning of the rioters who sacked the Nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021, including the man who assaulted our son with a deadly weapon, and his accomplice. There are no words that adequately describe the pain of losing Brian, and the suffering we have endured every day since, never to end. The pardons are intended to “end a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated on the American people, and to begin the process of national reconciliation.” It is up to the American people to decide whether this purpose will be achieved, involving far more serious questions than how our family feels about the death of a son and brother, and the undoing of the justice that was previously determined by the Court’s sentencing of Brian’s assailants. It is our hope that the truth of what happened that tragic day will survive, irrespective of partisan political objectives. We are proud of our son’s defense of American Democracy, and the continued efforts of his fellow officers to safeguard the seat of government, and the Constitution which guides it; our hearts go out to them as they cope with all that has occurred, and we pray for their strength and fortitude to continue their important mission.”

Actor Tom Holland, co-founder of alcohol-free beer brand Bero, collaborates with Target stores to distribute his new beverage range.

Target announced that Bero, Tom Holland’s non-alcoholic beer brand, is coming to roughly 1,400 of its nearly 2,000 US stores this week.

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-01-07T14:14:36.281Z

Starting this week, Bero will be available in 1,400 Target stores in the United States.

Actor Tom Holland, along with co-founder John Herman, launched the brand, described by Holland as one of his “greatest accomplishments”, on October 16.

The announcement of Bero’s distribution in over 1,400 of the nearly 2,000 Target stores in the U.S. marks a key milestone in the brand’s expansion plans.

Until now, Bero non-alcoholic beer was mainly sold on its website and in a few outlets such as Soho House US, Sprouts Farmers Market and Total Wine & More.

In addition to its arrival at Target, Bero will soon be available online at Amazon.

Billionaire Elon Musk announced on X the deployment of Cybertruck and Starlink in the Los Angeles area, after sparking controversy on the platform with a series of statements about the fires currently burning in California.

After maligning the emergency response to the devastating wildfires in California, Elon Musk said he would help provide internet access to areas in need in Los Angeles.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-01-13T13:21:51.787Z

Musk said he wanted to position Starlink-equipped Cybertrucks offering free Wi-Fi access in the hardest-hit areas, including around Los Angeles and Malibu.

Musk made the announcement on his social network on Sunday, just days after stirring up controversy by sharing criticism and theories about the fires that have ravaged entire neighborhoods near Los Angeles, including the Palisades Fire.

Elon Musk reportedly attended a private briefing on the Palisades Fire at the incident’s command center, before making his announcement.

Elon Musk recently posted several messages on X associating the fires with various theories, including pointing the finger at the Los Angeles Fire Department’s (LAFD) DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) initiative, which he sees as partially responsible for the spread of the fires.

In one such message, he asserted, “DEI means people DIE (DIE),” while retweeting a post criticizing the LAFD’s leader.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is led by Kristin Crowley, the first woman and first LGBTQ chief to hold the position.

With over 22 years’ experience with the organization, where she has held a variety of roles including firefighter, paramedic, fire inspector, captain and assistant chief, she is nonetheless currently the subject of a smear campaign orchestrated by right-wing figures and media, including Elon Musk, who accuse her of having been recruited solely because of DEI criteria.

In his announcement, Elon Musk stated that he had requisitioned eight Cybertrucks, some of which were destined for customers awaiting delivery “in the next few days” in order to send them to the Los Angeles area.

Much of the final report of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and keep himself in power has finally been made public.

The report on federal charges against Trump for election interference in 2020 offers special counsel Jack Smith a last chance to explain his decisions after dropping the case.

— NPR (@npr.org) 2025-01-14T11:50:43.942Z

In it, Jack Smith states that it is clear, in his opinion, that Trump would have been found guilty in view of the overwhelming evidence gathered in the case.

The federal charges against Trump were dropped when he won the presidential election. However, a final report, which Trump tried until the end to keep confidential, has finally been published.

According to Smith, the evidence gathered against Trump was sufficient to convict him.

Jack Smith points out that the only reason protecting Trump from certain conviction is the Justice Department’s long-standing policy against prosecuting a sitting president, which forced it to drop its case against him.

Recall that Smith has faced relentless forwards from Trump and his allies, but he claims to have remained impartial in his work. In his view, to act otherwise given the facts gathered in this case would have been a dereliction of his duties as a prosecutor and public servant.

After nearly 30 years of public service, he says it was a decision he could not accept.

The report also explains why Trump was not charged with inciting an insurrection on the now infamous day of January 6, 2021.

Investigators in the case were unable to prove that he participated in the offense, nor could they establish direct evidence that Trump intended to provoke the scale of violence that occurred that day.

Jack Smith’s final report was submitted to the Justice Department on January 7, and that Smith resigned on January 10, a few days before Donald Trump officially took office in the White House.

Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, criticizes the misinformation propagated by Trump and invites him to come and see for himself the devastation and destruction caused by the fires in Los Angeles, whose death toll continues to rise.

In an interview with NBC News, he adds, “Misinformation and disinformation don’t benefit or help any of us.”

In a letter sent to President-elect Trump, California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged Trump to visit his state and see the destruction from the wildfires in person.

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-01-11T15:45:01.796Z

Governor Gavin Newsom, regularly criticized by President-elect Donald Trump since the start of the Los Angeles fires, has been falsely accused by Trump, in multiple posts on Truth Social, of blocking a measure that would have allowed water to flow from northern to southern California.

Trump accuses Newsom of wanting to protect “a virtually worthless fish called the smelt”, justifying his refusal to sign the measure. He adds, “He’s the one responsible for this situation.”

In addition to criticizing California’s governor, Trump also takes a swipe at President Joe Biden, saying, “NO WATER IN THE FIRE DRAINS, NO MONEY FOR FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN LEAVES ME. THANK YOU, JOE!”

For his part, Newsom responds that Trump is unjustifiably trying to link smelt to these fires, which he says is not only inaccurate, but also incomprehensible to anyone familiar with California’s water management policy.

Newsom fears that Trump, who threatened to suspend disaster aid to the state of California after his inauguration, will make good on his threat. He fears that this aid, essential for those in need, will be cut off purely for political gamesmanship.

During the interview, Newsom said he had received no response to the invitation sent to Trump in a written letter, encouraging him to return to California to see first-hand the devastation caused by the wildfires, as he had done during the Paradise, California, wildfires in November 2018.

He also invited him to meet Americans affected by the fires and join him in thanking the heroic firefighters and first responders who risk their lives on the ground.

It should be remembered that these major fires have claimed the lives of 25 people, while several others are still missing.

According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, eight victims have perished in the Palisades fire and 17 in the Eaton fire to date.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s show to criticize Joe Biden’s administration, what he considers the cultural elite, including mainstream media and journalists, as well as his own company, Meta.

This unusual tirade for the introverted Zuckerberg was clearly aimed at displaying his new allegiance and loyalty to Donald Trump and his allies.

Mark Zuckerberg criticized the Biden administration for pushing for censorship around COVID-19 vaccines, the media for hounding Facebook to clamp down on misinformation after the 2016 election, and his own company for complying in an appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.

— Axios (@axios.com) 2025-01-10T21:39:31.447Z

Zuckerberg has recently stepped up his efforts to demonstrate his unwavering support for the Trump administration. In particular, he has appointed people close to Trump to key positions at Meta, donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, and ended his fact-checking program on his platforms, as well as his DEI initiatives.

He also spoke about these topics on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

There, he touched on a variety of topics, expressing growing resentment towards many of them, including his own company’s policies.

Zuckerberg also sharply criticized the Biden administration for its handling of the COVID health crisis, accusing it of unfairly imposing a form of censorship on his company. Although he admits to having agreed with most of these directives at the time, he says the tipping point for him came when Biden publicly accused social networks of “killing people” by allowing misinformation to spread.

According to him, the Biden administration regularly contacted his team to “shout, hurl insults” and “threaten retaliation” if certain posts, even those Zuckerberg considered truthful, were not removed from his social networks.

Meta’s CEO goes all the way back to the 2016 election to further his thoughts, claiming that he and others within the company wrongly bought into the idea promoted by “the mainstream media” that misinformation on social networks helped elect Donald Trump.

Zuckerberg now claims that he and his company were “too biased” in their judgment at the time.

Donald Trump fought hard right up to the last minute to try and escape sentencing.

He finally received his sentence, with the judge granting him an “unconditional discharge” after he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments intended to conceal an alleged affair with Stormy Daniels.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced Friday, as part of a case in which a New York jury convicted him on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to an adult-film actress shortly before the 2016 electionLive updates here:

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-01-10T14:28:16.105Z

Recall that Donald Trump’s high-profile trial in this case took place from April 15 to May 30, 2024.

Trump appeared via videoconference to receive his sentence, finally handed down on the morning of January 10.

His urgent request to the Supreme Court to prevent the hearing from taking place had been rejected the day before, with the close 5-4 decision going against the former president.

At his sentencing hearing via Zoom, prosecuting attorney Joshua Steinglass sharply criticized Trump, saying he had done lasting damage to public perception of the criminal justice system and considered himself above the law.

Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche says the trial has been a terrible experience for his client.

Trump spoke out to share his experience, declaring the ruling a setback for New York’s justice system.

He also said that Alvin Bragg had not wished to pursue the case, claiming that it had been mishandled and should never have been brought to court.

Trump’s conviction in this case constitutes a Class E misdemeanor in New York, punishable by up to four years in prison.

However, most people convicted receive probation rather than jail time.

Nevertheless, it was clear that Trump would not face a harsh sentence, especially after Judge Juan Merchan’s opinion was posted last week.

He said the trial represented “a truly extraordinary case”, but that once the trial got underway, it was just another trial. Merchan also pointed out that the legal protections surrounding a president are exceptional, but the person himself is not.

Merchan ultimately granted him an “unconditional discharge”, without jail time, fines or probation, while noting that one power they don’t grant is the power to erase a jury’s verdict, making Trump’s conviction official.

Trump is doing well in this high-profile court case, escaping punishment for his actions.

However, the conviction remains on his criminal record, making him the first American president to have a criminal conviction to his credit.

This chapter is unlikely to be over for Trump, as his lawyer has announced their intention to appeal the verdict.

The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the death of a person recently diagnosed with severe symptoms of H5N1 avian influenza, making this the first death linked to the virus.

America's first bird flu death has been reported in Louisiana. The state's Department of Health says the person was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical conditions. cnn.it/3Pqi3i3

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-01-06T21:21:42.499Z

The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World Health Organization. This mutation, judged to be one of the most worrying ever observed, is currently being closely monitored.

According to the Louisiana Department of Health, the 65-year-old deceased was most likely exposed to H5N1 through contact with domestic birds in the backyard of his home, which in turn interacted with wild birds.

However, the investigation concluded that no other cases of human H5N1 were linked to this incident.

H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian flu, emerged in 2003, primarily affecting Asia. Since then, more than 800 very severe human cases of H5N1 have been confirmed, with a mortality rate of around 50%.

Since its appearance in 2003, H5N1 has had a profound impact on the food industry, particularly poultry and dairy production, leading to the slaughter of hundreds of millions of birds to curb its spread.

This crisis has led to considerable economic losses, disrupted supply chains due to global health concerns.

The virus is being closely monitored in the USA and Canada, particularly after a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia, recently hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1, survived the infection.

The cause of her infection remains unknown, despite extensive investigation.

Authorities are reassuring that no human-to-human transmission has been identified to date.

Tesla, one of the most iconic electric car brands of recent years, has reported an unexpected drop in sales for the first time.

Tesla reported the first full-year drop in sales in its history as a public company, as increased competition and slowing demand for electric vehicles hit its results.

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-01-02T17:14:08.771Z

Tesla has announced an annual drop in sales, the first since its IPO, perhaps marking the start of a new phase for the company.

At 1% down on 2023, this slowdown marks a turning point for the company after years of sustained growth. According to experts, this decline can be explained by increased competition and a drop in demand for electric vehicles.

Once the undisputed benchmark for electric vehicles, Tesla is now facing fierce competition from numerous automakers who, having caught up, are now offering products that are increasingly competitive and viable against Tesla’s.

Tesla now faces a formidable competitor in one of its key markets, particularly with Chinese rivals such as BYD, whose popularity continues to grow in China.

This decline certainly marks a new chapter for the company, which will have to evolve in a changing market with diminishing demand.

Tesla shares reacted to the post with a drop of over 3%. This decline comes after a period of rise observed during the election of Donald Trump, an ally of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who had invested millions of dollars in the election campaign.